Pāli Dictionary

Saṅghā6

Person

Daughter of Kittaggabodhi and Devā and wife of Sena II who bore King Kassapa V and, after her husband’s death, became the chief queen of his successor.

Daughter of Kittaggabodhi and Devā and wife of Sena II. She had a son (Kassapa V). She built the Saṅghasena-pabbatārāma and placed a sapphire diadem on the stone image of the Buddha. Cv.i.58; li. 6, 9, 86; Saṅghā’s son (Kassapa V) is called dvayābhiseka sañjāta (born of the twice anointed queen). Tradition has it that after the death of Sena II she became the wife of his successor, who made her his mahesī.

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